2023–24 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
2023–24 season
President	Alexander Medvedev
Head coach	Sergei Semak
Stadium	Krestovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League	Pre-season
Russian Cup	Group stage
Russian Super Cup	Winner
	← 2022–23

The 2023–24 season is FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's 99th season in existence and 28th consecutive in the Russian Premier League. They will also compete in the Russian Cup and the Russian Super Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 July 2023

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Aleksandr Vasyutin	GK	(1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29)	2019	2024	Sarpsborg	€700k	5	0
13	Nikita Goylo	GK	(1998-08-10) 10 August 1998 (age 26)	2023	2027	Nizhny Novgorod	€540k	0	0
41	Mikhail Kerzhakov	GK	(1987-01-28) 28 January 1987 (age 37)	2015	2024^[1]	Orenburg	Free	81	0
Defenders
2	Dmitri Chistyakov	CB	(1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 30)	2021	2025	Rostov	€3.25m	42	1
3	Douglas Santos	LB	(1994-03-22) 22 March 1994 (age 30)	2019	2026	Hamburger SV	€14m	111	3
4	Danil Krugovoy	LB	(1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 26)	2019	2024	Ufa	€2m	64	2
15	Vyacheslav Karavayev	RB	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29)	2019	2026	Vitesse	€8m	86	4
23	Arsen Adamov	RB	(1999-10-20) 20 October 1999 (age 25)	2022	2026	Vitesse	€5m	13	0
28	Nuraly Alip	CB	(1999-12-22) 22 December 1999 (age 24)	2023	2025	Kairat Almaty	€2m	4	0
55	Rodrigão	CB	(1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 29)	2022	2025	Sochi	€2m	22	1
77	Robert Renan	CB	(2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 (age 21)	2023	2028	Corinthians	Free	9	0
	Mário Fernandes	LB	(1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 34)	2023	2024	Internacional	Free	0	0
Midfielders
5	Wilmar Barrios	DM	(1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 31)	2019	2026	Boca Juniors	€15M	117	3
8	Wendel	CM	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27)	2020	2027	Sporting CP	€20.3m	65	13
11	Claudinho	AM	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 27)	2021	2027	RB Bragantino	€12m	47	13
18	Aleksandr Kovalenko	CM	(2003-08-08) 8 August 2003 (age 21)	2023	2028	Sochi	€2M	0	0
21	Aleksandr Yerokhin	AM	(1989-10-13) 13 October 1989 (age 35)	2017	2024	Rostov	€5M	139	31
35	Vladislav Saus	AM	(2003-08-06) 6 August 2003 (age 21)	2022	2024	Academy	–	1	0
37	Du Queiroz	DM	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24)	2023	2028	Corinthians	Free	0	0
79	Dmitri Vasilyev	DM	(2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 20)	2022	2024	Academy	–	0	0
94	Danila Kozlov (U19)	AM	(2005-01-19) 19 January 2005 (age 19)	2023	2026	Academy	–	0	0
Forwards
7	Zelimkhan Bakayev	RW	(1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 28)	2022	2025	Spartak Moscow	Free	17	1
10	Malcom	RW	(1997-02-26) 26 February 1997 (age 27)	2019	2027	Barcelona	€40m	84	38
17	Andrei Mostovoy	LW	(1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 27)	2019	2024	Academy	–	83	19
19	Aleksei Sutormin	RW	(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30)	2019	2025	Rubin Kazan	€3M	89	10
30	Gustavo Mantuan	LW	(2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 23)	2023	2027	Corinthians	€2M	0	0
31	Mateo Cassierra	ST	(1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27)	2022	2025	Sochi	€4.5M	26	1
33	Ivan Sergeyev	ST	(1995-05-11) 11 May 1995 (age 29)	2022	2025	Krylia Sovetov Samara	€2.15M	37	14
96	Aleksey Baranovsky (U19)	ST	(2005-01-25) 25 January 2005 (age 19)	2023	2026	Academy	–	0	0

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2023	CM	Aleksandr Kovalenko	Sochi	€2,000,000	^[2]
1 July 2023	DM	Du Queiroz	Corinthians	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2023	LW	Gustavo Mantuan	Corinthians	€2,000,000	^[4]
1 July 2023	GK	Nikita Goylo	Nizhny Novgorod	€540,000	^[5]
17 July 2023	LB	Mário Fernandes	Internacional	€365,000	—

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
5 February 2024	LW	Pedro	Corinthians	€9,000,000	^[6]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
10 July 2023	AM	Daniil Shamkin	Torpedo Moscow	€200,000	^[7]^[8]
12 July 2023	CM	Daler Kuzyaev	Le Havre	Free transfer	^[9]^[10]

New contracts

Position	Player	Until	Ref.
GK	Mikhail Kerzhakov	June 2024	^[11]
GK	Daniil Odoyevsky	June 2027	^[12]

Pre-season and friendlies

1 July 2023 PARI Premier Cup	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Neftchi Baku	Saint Petersburg
19:30	Mantuan 47' Claudinho 69' Bakaev 79'		Saldanha 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

4 July 2023 PARI Premier Cup	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
19:30	Ivanić 40' Krasso 88' (pen.)		Queiroz 62'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Aleksey Amelin

9 July 2023 PARI Premier Cup	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0 (4–3 p)	Fenerbahçe	Saint Petersburg
19:30				Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 35,421 Referee: Sergey Ivanov
	Penalties
	Malcom Adamov Mostovoy Sutormin Bakaev		Yüksek Osayi-Samuel João Pedro Rossi Kahveci

10 July 2023 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–0	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
17:00	Yerokhin 56', 58', 80' Mostovoy 79'			Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Russian Premier League	22 July 2023	25 May 2024	Matchday 1		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Russian Cup	25 July 2023		Group stage		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Russian Super Cup	15 July 2023	15 July 2023	Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	0	0	+0	100.00
Total					1	1	0	0	0	0	+0	100.00

Source: Soccerway

Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg (C)	30	17	6	7	52	27	+25	57	Champions
2	Krasnodar	30	16	8	6	45	29	+16	56^[a]
3	Dynamo Moscow	30	16	8	6	53	39	+14	56^[a]
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	14	11	5	52	38	+14	53
5	Spartak Moscow	30	14	8	8	41	32	+9	50

Source: Premier Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) 2022–23 position (not applicable to final standings); 10) Play-off. Note: if teams tied on points played an equal number of head-to-head games, head-to-head results are considered in aggregate, in a separate 'table'. If teams tied on points played a different number of head-to-head games, head-to-head criteria are considered in one-on-one pairs for each team against each other, then the teams are ordered by the number of one-on-one matchups they have advantage in.^[13]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Krasnodar is ahead of Dynamo on head-to-head points: Krasnodar 6, Dynamo 0

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Ground	A	A	H
Result
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 24 June 2023.^[14]

22 July 2023 1	Nizhny Novgorod	v	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Nizhny Novgorod
15:15 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium

29 July 2023 2	Rostov	v	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Rostov
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Rostov Arena

6 August 2023 3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

Russian Cup

Russian Super Cup

15 July 2023 Final	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0 (5–4 p)	CSKA Moscow	Kazan
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Claudinho 45+3'		Gajić 45+3'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 42,873 Referee: Sergei Karasev
	Penalties
	Malcom Sutormin Mostovoy Bakaev Sergeev Renan		Chalov Gaich Nababkin Zabolotny Gajić Ermakov

References

^ "«Зенит» продлил контракт с Михаилом Кержаковым до лета 2024 года - 3 июня 2023 - Sport24". sport24.ru.
^ "Александр Коваленко — игрок «Зенита»! - новости на официальном сайте ФК Зенит". fc-zenit.ru.
^ "Ду Кейрос присоединился к «Зениту»". Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ "Gustavo Mantuan will continue his career at Zenit!". Zenit St. Petersburg. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ "Никита Гойло: «Я верю в работу»". Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
^ "Corinthians confirma venda de Pedro para o Zenit, da Rússia". Globo. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ "Даниил Шамкин перешел из «Зенита» в «Торпедо»". Kommersant. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^ "Daniil Shamkin leaves Zenit". Zenit. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^ "le milieu international russe Daler Kuziaev s'engage avec le HAC!". Paris Normandie. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ The Canadian Press (12 July 2023). "Russian international Daler Kuzyaev joins newly-promoted Le Havre in French league". Yahoo News. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "«Зенит» продлил контракт с Михаилом Кержаковым до лета 2024 года - 3 июня 2023 - Sport24". sport24.ru.
^ "Вратарь «Зенита» Одоевский продлил контракт до 2027 года". Sports.ru. July 3, 2023.
^ "2023–24 Premier League regulations article 17" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Premier League.
^ "Календарь Мир РПЛ на сезон 2023/24". premierliga.ru.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_KRA0.60045184642098-13] Krasnodar is ahead of Dynamo on head-to-head points: Krasnodar 6, Dynamo 0

[1] "«Зенит» продлил контракт с Михаилом Кержаковым до лета 2024 года - 3 июня 2023 - Sport24". sport24.ru.

[2] "Александр Коваленко — игрок «Зенита»! - новости на официальном сайте ФК Зенит". fc-zenit.ru.

[3] "Ду Кейрос присоединился к «Зениту»". Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[4] "Gustavo Mantuan will continue his career at Zenit!". Zenit St. Petersburg. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[5] "Никита Гойло: «Я верю в работу»". Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 21 June 2023.

[6] "Corinthians confirma venda de Pedro para o Zenit, da Rússia". Globo. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[7] "Даниил Шамкин перешел из «Зенита» в «Торпедо»". Kommersant. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

[8] "Daniil Shamkin leaves Zenit". Zenit. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

[9] "le milieu international russe Daler Kuziaev s'engage avec le HAC!". Paris Normandie. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[10] The Canadian Press (12 July 2023). "Russian international Daler Kuzyaev joins newly-promoted Le Havre in French league". Yahoo News. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[11] "«Зенит» продлил контракт с Михаилом Кержаковым до лета 2024 года - 3 июня 2023 - Sport24". sport24.ru.

[12] "Вратарь «Зенита» Одоевский продлил контракт до 2027 года". Sports.ru. July 3, 2023.

[14] "2023–24 Premier League regulations article 17" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Premier League.

[15] "Календарь Мир РПЛ на сезон 2023/24". premierliga.ru.

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